6 vetted sellers
The people whose objects these are
We have no auction-house imprimatur and no provenance chain going back to a country house. What we have instead is a small number of vetted sellers with names, workshops and a pledge they sign before their first lot goes up.
Studio ceramics Portland, OR since 2011
Kilnwork PDX
Marisol Reyes-Hahn
Marisol fires a small gas kiln off Foster Road and has been dealing studio pottery for as long as she has been making it. She writes her own condition reports and photographs every piece herself, on the same sheet of paper, so a hairline looks like a hairline and not like a shadow.
“If I would not put it on my own table without explaining it first, it goes in the report.”
Mid-century furniture Portland, OR since 2014
Bench & Bough
Theo Okonkwo
Theo restores mid-century case goods and seating in a shop under the Ross Island Bridge. He is unusually specific about the difference between a refinish and a clean-and-oil, and every lot he consigns says which one it got and when.
“A refinished piece is still a good piece. It is just not an original finish, and the listing will say so.”
Handwoven textiles Hood River, OR since 2016
Warp Room
June Aoyama
June weaves on two floor looms and buys estate textiles across the Gorge. She grades by hand — fibre content, moth check, colour-fastness — and photographs the reverse of everything, because the back of a weaving tells you more than the front.
“Every textile is washed, checked under daylight for moth and holed through, and photographed from the back.”
Vintage watches Portland, OR since 2009
Frey Watch Service
Callum Frey
Callum services and sells mid-century wristwatches from a two-bench workshop on Hawthorne. Every watch he consigns arrives with its service date, what was replaced, and an honest note on whether the dial is original or has been refinished.
“Serviced date, parts replaced, dial originality. Those three lines are non-negotiable on any watch I list.”
Studio glass & lighting Astoria, OR since 2018
Third Light
Nadia Brandt
Nadia deals studio glass and rewires period lighting to current code. Anything with a cord in it has been tested and tagged, and the listing states plainly whether the wiring is original, replaced, or replaced by her.
“Nothing with a plug on it leaves here unrewired and untested. The listing says which.”
Maker goods & salvage Sellwood, Portland, OR since 2013
Halloran Salvage
Wes Halloran
Wes buys out workshops and estates and knows the difference between honest wear and a bodged repair better than anyone we work with. He weighs and measures everything before it is listed, which is why his shipping estimates are the ones we trust.
“Weighed, measured, and photographed where the damage is — not where it flatters.”
How we vet
A seller gets one warning about a missing fault.
Before a first consignment we go to the workshop, look at what they are holding, and read three of their existing listings against the objects in front of us. If the listings and the objects agree, they are in.
After that, every lot is spot-checked by us before it goes up, and a fault we find that the seller did not disclose is a conversation. A second one ends the relationship. It has happened twice.
